The thing that really gets me about all of this is that Kotik is so incredibly incompetent.

You’re right.

There are people who think Verhoeven didn’t know *exactly* what he was doing when he made Starship Troopers???

Does anyone actually still care about it now, though? It seems super tame compared to some of the stuff that’s been in videogames since then.

“You know, with all the millions in revenue he’s getting from Twitch alone wouldn’t it be more efficient to fund mutual aid groups and strikes from his own pocket?”

Apparently, both of these consoles are pretty much selling through immediately, so the only thing you can tell from sales numbers is how many consoles each company manages to ship.

The thing is that it doesn’t really matter whether these people were assholes, or whether they were the kindest people in the world. What matters is whether it should be illegal to sell circumvention devices. To me, it is very clear that it should *not* be illegal, regardless of whether or not the primary purpose of…

Yeah, I’m crying all over my axe as I chop wood for my tile stove. Josh has shown me that Nintendo has ruined my masculinity.

You know what *I* find heartbreaking? Insurrections. But that’s just me, Josh, you fucking piece of shit.

I’ve have always been against capital punishment, but this Bloomberg article convinced me that some people just don’t deserve to live.

Also, some knives ARE ALREADY ILLEGAL because they’re too dangerous.

“Man idolizing mentally unhinged criminal turns out to be mentally unhinged criminal.”

Damn, Ari’s example of how this effect works was *too* powerful.

It sounds like they might have given it another try if not for Covid.

“Was it non-profitable or just small?”

“desperate to passively insult Matroid Dread for no reason”

Why does it matter whether this is a review, or an opinion piece, or something else? Those are just labels. Either the writing is good and interesting, or it’s not. In this case, it is. I don’t see how anything else really matters.

“I have big misgivings about the button placement on that thing.”

I think this could have been done well. Receiving an email from this guy is fine, but don’t tell me that I’m not spending enough time in your stupid grindfest of a game. That just makes me not want to play it ever again.

I absolutely adore these games, and love playing them - but I play them offline, on a couch, with three or four friends. IMO, that’s the experience these games are designed for, and in that context, they’re some of the most fun I’ve had with my friends.